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Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement workshop welcomes global scientists

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Humphrey Fellows offer global insights on development and the environment
Emerson Hall at Cornell CALS buzzed with anticipation as eager students and faculty gathered to gain valuable insights into the complex relationship between development and the environment. This enlightening presentation was delivered by four...
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment
  • Global Development
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Cornellians take the stage at global food security dialogue
Hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, global development professionals and foreign governments gathered for bilateral meetings and main stage sessions. Conversations focused on conflict resilience in the food system...
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Gretchen Hanson MPS '23: At the nexus of agriculture, education and equity
Gretchen Hanson , MPS ‘23 came to Cornell hoping to build on her international development implementation experience in agriculture and education. When the opportunity arose to spend a summer in Ghana, she did just that. With support from the...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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